Replanter attachment for cultivators.



PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. 0. FROMAN & J., c. GAVE.

RBPLANTER ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS.

- APPLICATION ,IILED r2110. 1906.

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0. FROMAN & LG. GAVE.

REPLANTER ATTACHMENT FOR GULTIVATORS. APPLICATION FILED FEB.10. 190s.

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ATTORNEYS PATENTED OCT. 16, 1 906.

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UNITED .srarns PA N F.FIQE-- 'OSCAB'LFRQlVlnN A n oHN o. CAVE, or EDNA,KANSAS. i I VREPLANA'II'EB'ATTAICHMENTYFORICULTIVATORS;

"iHHMl .L'Zii :.To all who]? it null/y concern; 1, Beit known that we,OsoAR FR MAN and JOHNC. CAVE, citizens of the United States, residing atEdna, in the county of Labette and State of Kansas, have invented a newa-nd.usef1il Improvement in ReplanterfAttachments for Cultivators, ofwhich the. fol lowingis a specification. Ourinvention relates .toimprovements in m replanting attachments for cultivators, and has forits object to provide a simple.replant ing attachment readily applied toany cultivator-and operated by the operator either by hand or foot andto so construct the device I 5 that a person op eratingthe cultivatormay at. any time. instantly and accurately drop a set or hill of corn orother :grain in a lost hill "and to add to one thinly plantedand coverthe same while the. field is being cultivated. 2o 1 WVith-these andother objeotsin view our invention consistsin certain novel features ofconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, andpointed. out inthe claims, referzings,in which.-i-. i v in Figure -1is a side elevation of ourimprovementas'in operation. Fig. 2 is atop plan 5 .view of the same- Fig. 3. is asectional view 3o-of theldropping or' conductinggtube and clamp for;holding the rubber tube to the -drop-tube. Fig. 4 is .a lverticalsection of the see'dbox or hopper, taken online 4' 4 of Fig. 2.

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-Fig- 5is a similar sectiontaken on line 5 5 of 3 5 Fig. 1, and Fig. (HSa horizontal section taken on line 6 6. of. Fig. '1. .In carrying. outour invention we take a cross-head 1, one end of which is reduced andsecured to the beams A of a cultivator. The 4o-otlierend of thecross-head is enlarged and approximately circular and projects inwardlybetween the two sets of beams forming a cultivator frame andhangs overthe center of .the space betweenthe said two sets of'beams $01 droppingseed between the two front shovels of each set,said seed being coveredby said shovels. The cross-head 1 hasan opening 2 through it, saidopening being arranged; eccentrica'lly and having extending 5odownwardly frorn said opening a drop-tube 3, having adjustably clampedto it a: rubber conducting-tube 4, asshown in Fig. 1.

' 5 designates the base-plate .of the seed.

dropping mechanism, said plate being secured to the cross-head 1 andbeing provided with an opening 6, coinciding with the eccen-Specification of Letters Patent- Application filed February 10, 1906.Serial No. 300,450.

Patented Oct. 16,1906.

trically-dispOsed opening 2 .in.crosshead 1. Thebase-plate is in ovidedwith the vertical flanges 7, 8, and 9, extending round three ofits'sides, the flange 7 having theopening 10,

--through which projects one end of the dropplate 11, said drop-platebeing pivoted atone end to the bottom of hopper-shaped floor .12

of the seedboX 13. The drop-plate has an enlarged central portionprovided with avertical opening eccentrioally disposed, said open inghaving therein the flanged bushing 14.

15 is an arm projecting. from the-base- Dplate 5 andhas secured .to itone end of a coiledspring 16,-the other end. of which is secured to thedrop-plate 11. .1

the .baseplate 5 and has pivoted to. it.the

foot-lever18 by means of astrap and aip'in 19. 20 is a'rodzor cablesecured atone'end-to one end of foot-lever 18, while theopposite .endofsaidrod or cable is securedito outer end of the drop plate or slide11.

21 is a cord fastened at one end to the outer end of drop or slideplate. 1], saidtcord to be used when a walking or hand cultivator isused and the foot-lever to be used when the device is attached to aridingecultivat'or.

The drop-tube 3 is flangedatlits upper end,

as at'3 saidflange fitting ina seatinthe up- 17 is an armextendingirearwardlyfrom per face of cross-head 1, thus fitting: snuglyThe hopper-floor 12 slopesdownwardlyin the shape of an inverted. cone toone .side, where it has an opening .12 .to expose the dropzor slideplate opening 14 beneath it.-;.

between said cross-head and the base-plate 5.

. 22 is acirt-offplate secured to the-sloping floor of the hopper 12 bya bolt 23, projecting diagonally upward from said hopper.

24 is a-coiled spring surrounding the bolt 23 between the cut-off plateand :the nut 25. The free end of the cut-off plate bears. againsttheupper surface of. drop'orslide plateil'l. By means of the. nut andspring the pressure of cut-off. plate against the drop-platecan beregulated.=-'

-If now the seedbox'isfifillejd withthe seed it is desired to plant,.saidfseed Willflow toward the opening 12. inthe floor 12 and.aupredetermined quantity .ofseed The parts are shown in theirnormal position in Fig.2.

drop into the opening 14 of drop-slideI 11,..the

- lower-end iof-whichis closed by the uppersurface of. the ba-seeplate5;: A .When; the operator wishes to drop the seed, he pulls thedropslide to the left by means of the foot-bar 18 and rod 20 or by thecord 21, as the case may IIO be. When this is done, the seed that are inthe opening 14 will be carried over to opening 6 and drop through thesame into droptube 3 and thence through rubber tube 4 to the ground. Atthe same time the cut-off plate will prevent too many seed entering theopening 14 and prevent clogging up of the same, as is evident.

It will be noted that our replanter can be applied to any cultivator andthat it can be adjusted on the beam thereof so that the seed may fall infront of the shovel or at any other point. Different size bushings 14 inthe drop-slide may also be used, so that various kinds of seeds, corn,cane, broom-corn,

' Kafir corn, beans, &c., may be planted, said bushings being held inplace by a set-screw,

as shown in Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawings.

By the use of the adjustable rubber tube 4 the lower end can be placednear the ground to prevent scattering by the wind.

By our replanter the planting is entirely under the control of theoperator, so that he can plant when and where he wishes to and be surethat the grain is covered by the shovels. He may also plant so that thegrain will be covered very shallow, whereby it will come'up quickly andgrow up with the first planting.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a replanting attachment for cultivators, the combination with aseed-holder having a sloping perforated bottom, a dropslide pivotedbeneath said bottom provided with an opening therethrough, and a flatcutoff plate yieldingly supported on said sloping bottom and adapted tohear at one end against the upper face of the drop-slide adj acent tothe opening therethrough.

2. In a replanting attachment for cultiva tors, the combination with aseed-holder having a sloping bottom having an opening arrangedeccentrically therethrough, a flanged base-plate below said seed-holderand having an eccentrically 7 located opening therethrough, a drop slideor plate pivoted at one end to the seed-holder, and seated on thebase-plate between the flanges thereof, said drop-slide having anopening therethrough near its free end, a spring secured at one end tobase-plate and at the opposite end to the free end of the drop-slide, acut-ofl plate secured to floor of the seed-receptacle and projectingthrough the opening therein to bear against the upper face of thedropslide, and means for actuating the drop-slide to bring the openingsin said drop-plate and the baseplate into register.

3. In a replanting attachment for cultivators, the combination with across-head and means for detachably securing the same to acultivator-beam, said cross-head having an opening therethrough arrangedeccentrically, a base-plate mounted on said cross-head having verticalflanges at its edges, said baseplate having an eccentricall'y-disposedopening coinciding with the opening in the crosshead, a seed-receptaclesecured to said baseplate, said seed-receptacle having a sloping floorand an-opening therethrough, a drop slide or plate pivoted at one end tothe seedreceptacle, and extending between the flanges of the base-plate,said drop-slide having an opening therethro ugh, a cut-off plate adjustably secured to the floor of the seed-receptacle and projectingthrough the opening thereof against the upper. face of the dropslide, aspring secured at one end to the free end of the drop-slide and at itsopposite end to the baseplate, and means for actuating the drop-slide tobring the opening thereof into registry with openings through thebaseplate and cross-head.

4. In a replanting attachment for cultiva tors, the combination with aseed-receptacle having a sloping floor and an opening therethrough,eccentrically disposed, a base-plate to which said receptacle issecured, said baseplate having an opening therethrough eccentricallydisposed, said base-plate also having vertical flanges at its edgesseparating it from the base of the seed-receptacle, a drop-slide pivotedat one end to said receptacle and 6X tending between the flanges of thebaseplate, said drop slide having an opening therethrough, a springsecured at one end to the base-plate and at its opposite end to the freeend of the drop-slide, a cut-off plate held yieldingly to the slopingfloor of the seedreceptacle and projecting through the opening in saidreceptacle, and means for actuating the free end of the drop-slide tocause the opening therethrough to come into registry with the openingthrough the base-plate.

5. In a replanter attachment for cultivators, a drop slide or platehaving an opening therethrough and an annular recess in the upper faceof the slide surrounding said opening, a bushing having ahorizontally-projecting annular flange at its upper end, said bushingadapted to be removably held in said opening, and a set-screw passingtransversely through the drop-slide and fitted to engage the outer sidewall of the bushing, whereby said bushing may be held securely in place,and also removed from the drop-slide OSCAR FROMAN. JOHN C. CAVE.

Witnesses:

J. H. GooDwIN, J. H. SHARP.

